SAARC Development Fund

✨ Happy #InternationalWomensDay ♀️🌍 Let us continue to celebrate, support and uplift women everywhere. 💜 #IWD2026 #WomensDay #WomenInSouthAsia

📢RE-TENDER NOTICE - Bhutan Ecological Society (#BES) hereby re-invites sealed bids for Civil & Site Development Works under the 20 TPD Bio-Waste to Biogas Project, Thimphu. Details: sdfsec.org/tender-call-ci…

🔗SDF Fourth Quarter Newsletter is out! As we look back on 2025, we are encouraged by the steady progress made in advancing the wellbeing of people across the SAARC region through strong project collaboration. Here is the link: sdfsec.org/wp-content/upl…

✨ Happy New Year! As we welcome 2026, the SAARC Development Fund reaffirms its commitment to fostering inclusive growth, regional cooperation, and sustainable development across SAARC Member States. Wishing everyone a year of progress and shared prosperity.✨

Productive meeting in Malé 🇲🇻SDF team met Hon’ble Board Director Mr. Mohamed Azad, Alternate Board Director Ms. Aminath Nashia, and officials from the Ministry of Finance and Planning to review #SDF funded projects and thank the Government of #Maldives for its continued support.

🌏In Malé this morning, SDF team met with Hon’ble Deputy Minister Hassan Miras & officials from the Ministry of Finance & Planning and from the Ministry of Health to discuss potential investments to strengthen regional healthcare services. #RegionalCooperation #HealthInvestment

Discussing regional nutrition initiatives & strengthening collaboration for healthier South Asia! 🌏🥗 Partners from Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition called on H.E SAARC Secretary General. Officials from @SaarcSec and #SDF also attended the meeting #Nutrition #Partnerships

✨Save The Children Country Director for Bhutan & Nepal, Ms Tara Chettry, was at the SDF Secretariat in Thimphu this week. Productive discussions were held on our ongoing SDF-Save partnership to advance inclusive early childhood care and basic education in the region📚👧🏻👦🏻

As part of World AIDS Day activities, we concluded a training on HIV, viral hepatitis B & C, testing algorithms, childhood vaccination, and nutrition, in collaboration with Dr. Abdul Samadh Regional Hospital, @UNICEFMaldives, @igmhmv, and @HMH_mv, with support from @SDF_SAARC, strengthening disease prevention, early detection, and continuity of care. #WorldAIDSDay #HIVManagement

✨🌏Today, SDF joined the Royal Government of Bhutan in marking the #40th Anniversary of the #SAARC Charter at Tara Lhakhang, Thimphu.🪔A 1,000 butter lamps were lit & prayers offered. H.E. Foreign Minister Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel was chief guest to honor this milestone. @SaarcSec

🌏At the 61st #SAARCProgramming Committee Meeting held virtually today, SDF's OIC Waseem Shahzad gave an overview of SDF Board decisions, highlighting the strategic directions endorsed to further strengthen regional cooperation &development impact across Member States. @SaarcSec

Press Release SDF Board holds its 41st Meeting in Colombo saarc-sec.org/index.php/pres…

📍Colombo, 20–21 Nov 2025:🤝The #SDF Board convened its 41st Meeting to review progress and set strategic priorities for the Fund. The Meeting opened with the outgoing Chair (#Bangladesh), followed by appointment of the new Chair from #Bhutan🔗 More: sdfsec.org/sdf-board-hold…

📍🌏 SDF’s Counterpart Agencies met in Colombo on 17-18 Nov to strengthen collaboration on projects. The meeting featured updates from #SDF, key CA recommendations & a field visit to ongoing projects. SDF thanks all CAs & Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry🙏🏻🔗 sl1nk.com/Z0sAD

🌱From our project site, RDA Agro-Processing Unit in Bogura, Bangladesh🇧🇩Farmers are transforming their #livelihoods through small-scale #agrobusiness & regional collaboration. Proud to work with partners across #SAARC Member States & the SAARC #Agriculture Centre. #SDF @SaarcSec

On the sidelines of 78th WHO Regional Committee Meeting, SDF Asst. Director Mr. Varun Amar met with Mr. Samantha Pathirana, DG of South Asia & SAARC at Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, conveying SDF’s sincere gratitude for continued support of the Govt. of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

🇧🇩 In Dhaka, officials from the #SAARC Secretariat & SAARC Development Fund visited the SAARC Agriculture Centre.🌱Welcomed by Dr. Md. Harunur Rashid, Director of SAC, they discussed strengthening the SDF–SAC partnership for sustainable agriculture & livelihoods across the region

🌾Empowering Farmers -SAARC Agriculture Centre held the closing workshop of SDF-funded project on small-scale agro-business value chains, strengthening rural livelihoods across 🇧🇩🇧🇹🇮🇳🇲🇻🇱🇰. OIC Mr. Waseem Shahzad reaffirmed SDF’s commitment to sustainable🔗sdfsec.org/saarc-agricult…

🌏 🤝On the sidelines of the 78th WHO Regional Committee Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Mr. Varun Amar, SDF Representative, engaged with H.E. Mr. Indramani Pandey, Secretary General of @BIMSTEC to discuss opportunities for enhancing regional cooperation in health and development.

SDF representative Mr. Varun Amar met with Ms. Catharina Böhme, Officer-in-Charge of #WHO-SEARO at the 78th WHO Regional Committee Meetings. Both organisations expressed their eagerness to collaborate and explore joint initiatives to strengthen health in the #SAARC region. @WHO